Golf club



Au@ 25, 15 v @55mm E. .5. Mums GOLF CLUB Filed Dec. 5. 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 1 1N VEN TOR WM/M @www A TTORNEY Aug. 25', 1925.

E. J.v MILLS GOLF CLUB 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Filed Deo. 5. 1922 d saATToRA/Exo'4 till) all) EDWRD il. MILLS, 0F NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK,ASSXGNF. T0 L. LEONARD ROI) CU., 0F NEW YORK, IN. Y., .la CGRFRATGN 0FNEW GOLF 'CLUF .application led Becember il, i922. Serial lilo.605,043?.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD J. MILLS,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Rochelle, in thecounty of West chester and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Golf Clubs, of which the following is aspecification.

rlhe object of my invention is to produce a novelgolf club shaft and anovel handle therefor.

Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. l representsa golf club with myimprovements embodied therein.

Fig. 2 represents on an enlarged scale my improved golf club shaft withone form of ensmalled intermediate portion.

Fig. 3 represents a similar View of another form of ensmalledintermediate portion.

Fig. @represents on a greatly exaggerated scale a cross section taken inthe plane of the line lV-IV of Fig.`2.

Fig. 5 represents a similar section taken in the plane of the line V-Vof Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 represents a greatly enlarged detail longitudinal section takenin thel plane of the line Vl--VI of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 represents across section taken in the plane of the line Vlll-VIIof Fi 6.

Fig-8 represents a cross section tlrough a modified form of shaft.

Fig. 9 represents a detail longitudinal Section showing a woodreinforcement for the head portion of one form of shaft.

Fig. 10 represents a similar view showing a Wood reinforcement for thehead portion of another form of shaft.

Fig. 1l represents a similar View showin a wrapped tape reinforcementwith the head portion of a straight taper shaft.

Fig. l2 represents a similar view showing a wrapped thread reinforcementfor a straight taper shaft.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. l to 7 inclusive, the split bamboo golfclub shaft is shown as composed of an annular series of longitudinalbamboo sections 1 glued together with the skin or enamel on the outside.'lhe shaft comprises the head portion 2, the handle portion 3 and theintermediate portion 4. ln the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the shaft isshown as having an intermediate po-rtion gradually ensmalled in crosssection from the head portion and gradually ensmalled in cross sectionfrom the handle portion. ln the form shown in Fig. 3, the Vintermediateportion is shown as rapidly ensmalled in cross section from the headportion and gradually ensmalled in-cross section from the handleportion. 'lhese are only two of many different shapes which the shaftmight assume.

'lhe end of the enlarged head portion 2 of the shaft is suitably shapedto snugly fit within the socket of the desired head 5 of the club.

The handle for the golf club shaft is cork or other suitable material,preferably cork.

'llhe handle is shown as comprising a plurality of compressedcork rings6 which embrace the handle portion 3 of the shaft and are firmly gluedtogether and to the shaft. rlhe handle end of the shaft is embraced andprotected by a handle cap 7 of suitable material, such for instance ashard wood.

.ln the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, the golf club shaft comprises theinner and outer annular series of longitudinal sections glued together,the outer sections 8 being bamboo with the skin or enamel outside andthe inner sections 9 being wood. I have found that by this combinationof annular series of bamboo and Wood longitudinal sections, l am enabledto not only very permanently glue the sections together, but alsoproduce a very su erior shaft. which is suitably reinforced y the woodcore to prevent any tendency of thek shaft to break under the severestrains to which'a golf club shaft is subjected.

ln the form shown in Fig. 9, an o positely tapered reinforcement 10 isprovi ed for a straight tapered shaft at its head portion, the saidreforcement having one tapered portion extending into the socket portionl1 of the club head l2 and the other tapered portion extending along thehead portion of the shaft. '.lhis reinforcement is glued to the shaftand glued and secured in the usual manner in the socket 11 and serves asa spacing reinforcement between the bamboo of which the shaft is formedand thehead. This is particularly well adapted for the attachment ofsplit bamboo shafts to metal heads, to absorb the shocks that would tendto split the shaft. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the oppositely taperedreinforcement 10 is applied to a split bamboo shaft having the outer endof its head portion tapered. In all other respects it is quite similarto the form shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 represents a form in which the. rsplit bamboo golf club shaft atits head portion is reinforced for a greater or lesser distancebeginning at the head, by a wrapped tape 13.

`In Fig. 12 I have shown the head portion of the split bamboo golf clubshaft as provided for a greater or lesser distance' with a wrappedthread reinforcement 14.

.Theselatter reinforcements serve to deaden the shocks that. tend tosplit or break the shaft.A What I claim is I. A golf club shaft having ahandle com? prising a plurality of cork rings embracing the shaft, and ahandle cap of hard material embracing. and protecting the handle l endof the shaft.

4. A golf club shaft comprising an annular series of' longitudinalbamboo sectlons glued together, and a compressed cork handle thereforprovided with a handle cap embracing and protecting the handle end ofthe shaft.

5. A golfclub shaft comprising an annular series of longitudinal bamboosections glued together, a handle comprising a plurality of rin-gs ofsuitable material embracing the shaft, and a handle cap embracing andprotecting the handle end of the shaft.

6. A golf club shaft comprising an annular series of longitudinal bamboosections glued together, a handle therefor comprising a plurality ofcork rings embracing the shaft, and a handle cap embracing andprotecting the handle end of the shaft.

7. A golf club shaft comprising an annular series of longitudinal bamboosections glued together, a handle therefor compris* ing a plurality ofcompressed cork rings embracing the shaft, and a handle capI embracingand protecting the handle end of the shaft.

8. A golf club shaft comprising inner and outer annular series oflongitudinal sections glued together, the outer sections being bambooand the inner sections wood.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name this 20th day of November 1922.

EDWARD J. MILLS.

